Heads Up

Mackenzie has started to hold his head up (very advanced!). The doctor recommended five minutes a day on his tummy to practice this and pushing himself across the floor. I can see that it won't be long before I am chasing a crawling dynamo...


Cute!

Gym

Chilling in the baby gym. This is supposed to enhance the baby's intelligence!

Posing in the pram

We had a lovely mild and clear day today so we put the snow-suit back in the cupboard and Mackenzie sported his lovely new cardigan, expertly knitted by Rosemary Pearson. After a walk to the shops, he posed in his pram for some happy shots.

Weigh in

Mack is now 6 weeks old so he had his first check up at the doctor today. He now weighs in at 12 pounds and 8 ounces, about 5.8kg. That is 91% for his age. Good boy!

Handsome

Woops, didn't mean to use the flash...

Smile

Mackenzie has just started to smile. Sometimes it takes a bit of prompting with a finger under the chin but slowly it is becoming more spontaneous and more frequent. he has started to 'coo' as well. All very heart-melting and we can't wait to see what he will do next week...

Chair

Our friends Mel and Leigh came around on the weekend and gave us a bouncy rocking chair that their daughters used. It is fab as Mackenzie loves it and I can rock it with my foot and move him around the house in it. He even falls asleep in in sometimes!

Family outing

On the weekend we had a family outing to Kenwood House and walked around the gardens and into Hampsted Heath. We gave the pram a good thrashing and it took it well. We then had a pub lunch in front of the fire - all before Mackenzie woke up. As he started to stir, we fled the pub and came home.

Boo!

Flat hair!

Snoozing

The midwives mantra is 'sleep when your baby sleeps' so often we can be found snoozing in the daytime. This isn't always the most restful sleep for me as Mackenzie can snort and snuffle quite a bit so it's great on weekends when Thom can look after him so I can sleep. He already prefers our bed to his own, little tinker!

Cute!

Mackenzie is beginning to pull lots of different faces. Here he is in one of his (and our) favourite Bonds baby-gro's - courtesy of Auntie Clarewen.

Welcome home

The first few days at home were very snoozy and cuddly as we all tried to catch up on some sleep after the labour and birth shenannigans...Mackenzie was quite yellow to begin with as he had a bit of neo-natal jaundice, but that cleared up after a week or so.